[NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT] If you torrent / pirate TV shows, prepare to switch to MKV format.

vcdupper | 17 points | May 30 2016 17:12:51

[NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT] If you torrent / pirate TV shows, prepare to switch to MKV format. | Megalinks MegaDB [NEWS IN CASE YOU MISSED IT] If you torrent / pirate TV shows, prepare to switch to MKV format.

http://betanews.com/2016/04/08/mkv-tv-torrents/

[-] rovaals | 4 points | May 30 2016 17:30:06

Don't they do this already for most HD TV releases?

I mostly saw MP4 replace AVI for SD TV stuff.

Even years ago when I got my first HD show in 720p they were MKV.

[-] vcdupper | 4 points | May 30 2016 17:41:35

Yes it went into effect last month, but daily I get asked why mkv? !here is the mp4? So I thought I would put this here to try to curve some of the questions

[-] SteelbiteGaming | 2 points | May 30 2016 21:37:22

You can convert these MKVs to MP4s using VLC or the like. | Megalinks MegaDB You can convert these MKVs to MP4s using VLC or the like.

[-] ThePixelHunter | 2 points | May 30 2016 23:21:05

Just to clarify, this is purely a community-driven, unanimous decision?

[-] vcdupper | 2 points | May 30 2016 23:24:39

This isn't something we at /r/megalinks are deciding to do, this is scene driven, it's out of our hands, but as long as their are groups still releasing mp4, i'll try to post them here as well as mkv

[-] ThePixelHunter | 2 points | May 30 2016 23:56:43

Ok. I was referring more to the pirating scene as a whole, but this is good news. Thanks!

[-] Lurking_Grue | 2 points | May 31 2016 16:11:10

ffmpeg -i tvshow.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec mp3 tvshow.mp4

[-] Yage2006 | 1 points | May 30 2016 21:08:13

I made this switch about 10-11 years ago. x265 releases though should be kept in .mp4, just for compatibility reasons.

[-] Doombuggyman | 1 points | May 31 2016 20:01:25

Is there a decent program out there to handle batch converting .MKV to .MP4? Preferably for OSX? Most of the ones I have can't handle the latest specs for .MKV.